> Anthony,
>
> Thanks! This last illustrative was most helpful. It does make sense. And I
> assume that on the DNS side, you would create an A record for each domain
> and
> point them to that single IP and that would be the other halve of the
> equation, right?
>
> "Anthony" wrote:
>
>> You can point any web site to any folder anywhere as its home folder,
>> including subfolders of other websites. Just set up the web site, and set
>> its home directory to be the folder you want. Where the folder is on the
>> file system is not related to the hosting method.
>> To see how host headers work:
>> - Set up one site absolutely by default (no host headers, nothing, just
>> default)
>> - Set up another default site on the same IP address. It won't start,
>> because it is on the same port and same IP address.
>> - Go back to the first site and give it a host header. Go to the second
>> site
>> and give it a host header. It will now start.
>> - Add as many other sites as you like on the same IP with host headers.
>> Notice that is it completely unrelated to what folder you choose as the
>> home
>> directory. It is not necessary for them even to be under the Inetpub
>> default
>> folder. You might want to create a folder called "Websites" and put the
>> home
>> folders there, as in "Websites\web1, Websites\web2. That is just how you
>> organise the folders on disk.
>> If you try it, it will be clear.
>> Anthony
>>
http://www.airdesk.com>>
>>
>> "mrecomm101" <mrecomm101[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FDAA0D67-479B-45D2-B84E-44A57C5A515D[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Anthony,
>> >
>> > Let me explain it another way...
>> >
>> > The scenero I'm trying to create is this:
>> >
>> > In IIS, I have a Website setup, www.websites.com on Port 80 with IP
>> > 1.2.3.4.
>> > As subdirectories off the home directory, I have a foldes that contain
>> > small
>> > individual websites, like this:
>> >
>> > www.websites.com
>> > folder 1: www.smallsite1.com
>> > folder 2: www.othersite.com
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > I want to be able to point the domain "www.smallsite1.com" to folder 1
>> > under
>> > www.websites.com, and so on.
>> >
>> > I've seen this called shared IP hosting or name-based virtual hosting.
>> > Mostly I've seen this done through control panel programs. Do you think
>> > this
>> > can be achieved through your host header solution? If so, can you
>> > illustrate
>> > how you can point it to a specific subdirectory?
>> >
>> >
>> > "Anthony" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Steve,
>> >> Host headers enable you to run multiple sites under one IP and on the
>> >> same
>> >> port. IIS takes the request, looks at the header and sends it to the
>> >> right
>> >> site.
>> >> If you wanted to point multiple domains to one site you would just use
>> >> DNS.
>> >> Anthony
>> >>
http://www.airdesk.co.uk>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "mrecomm101" <mrecomm101[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:AFE1DD3F-1E2A-4F2F-ABF5-41B32048DF46[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi Anthony,
>> >> >
>> >> > That is how you can point multiple domains to the same site. I'm
>> >> > looking
>> >> > to
>> >> > have multiple domains/multiple sites under one master IP.
>> >> >
>> >> > -- Steve
>> >> >
>> >> > "Anthony" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> You can use host headers in IIS to set up your domains as separate
>> >> >> sites
>> >> >> under one IP,
>> >> >> Anthony
>> >> >>
http://www.airdesk.co.uk>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "mrecomm101" <mrecomm101[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> >> message
>> >> >> news:C7474A74-A57D-4AC7-AD8F-21B7F2B37921[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Hi, I'm hosting websites and I want to be able to create a bunch
>> >> >> > of
>> >> >> > small
>> >> >> > websites that will run independently under one IP.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > How can I point a domain, like "virtualsite.domain.com" to a
>> >> >> > directory
>> >> >> > within a dedicated IP site?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Any thoughts?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > -- Steve
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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